As January unfolded Covid cases were climbing off the charts, and we were running out of oxygen, equipment and resources, writes Ameera Sheikh Nearly a year on, I can still see the face of the 16-year-old girl who approached me in A&E at 6.30am last April. Her cheeks streaked with tears, she asked for directions to … Read more
The billionaire ruler of Dubai has won final approval to build a lodge for family members at his Highland estate. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum wanted to expand his Inverinate Estate by erecting a six bedroom building designed to accommodate his relatives. However the proposal was refused by Highland Council in June after objections from local … Read more
No legal case will be brought against the Emirati minister of tolerance after he was accused of ‘serious sexual assault’ by the organiser of the Hay literary festival in Abu Dhabi. The case against Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan, 69, had not met the legal criteria requuired to bring charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced … Read more
By Richard Kay, Editor at Large for the Daily Mail – First published: June 27, 2020 For a man who has Evian water sluicing through the pipes of his Ascot mansion, it seemed a perfectly normal request. He owned a property in Spain, but not only had he never visited it, he didn’t know exactly … Read more
For a man who has Evian water sluicing through the pipes of his Ascot mansion, it seemed a perfectly normal request. He owned a property in Spain, but not only had he never visited it, he didn’t know exactly where it was. Possibly near Madrid? Agent Andrew Lax claims that when he finally located the … Read more
Sheikh Salah Hamdan Al Balawi is accused of failing to settle what the Les Ambassadeurs Club, off Park Lane, has claimed is a £2 million debt A Saudi Sheikh estimated to have assets of more than £100 million is locked in a alleged gambling debt dispute with an exclusive London casino which featured in the … Read more